Last night's winds seem to have dispersed and turned over yesterday's
fallout birds, but there is still plenty to see today in Sapsucker Woods. I
had six CAPE MAY WARBLER sightings on my circuit of the Wilson Trail
(6:00-7:00 AM) - two males and a female together by the footbridge over the
outlet
Again I was a little overheated when I posted just now. Cape May was the
SECOND most abundant warbler species of my walk today, after Yellow-Rumped.
I'll try to be more deliberate in upcoming posts (but I can't promise you
that I'll succeed if the birding continues like this).
Mark
From:
Am Bittern by benches west of Sherwood platform
Carl
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There is a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT being seen and heard in the Northeast corner of
the Hawthorn Orchard, East Ithaca, behind Reis Tennis Center.
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I am currently looking at a Snowy Owl perched on a white trailer next to an
old gray building where Armitage Rd meets 31
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The other day when birding around Treman Lake at Upper Buttermilk, I
came upon a vireo singing. As I listened, I was fairly confident it was
a BLUE-HEADED. A bit later I heard the bird again, but this time I
decided I must have been wrong, as it sounded more like a RED-EYED. The
only
I just made an observation that recalls Larry's story... I was inside my
house when I thought I heard a Cape May Warbler, and naturally went outside
to try to find it. Alas, I then only heard a different warbler singing, one
that sounded a bit like a Cape May at times but was clearly different.
At about 9:30 this morning there were at least 3 thrushes along the portion
of the East Trail that parallels Sapsucker Woods Road (on the east side of
the road heading south from the traihead). The first I got a good look at
was a SWAINSON'S THRUSH--clearly buffy eye ring, spectacle, and lower
I had planned to lead the field trip today to Lindsay Parsons, but only
two people showed up and because so much had been going on locally we
decided to change our plans and went to the Hawthorn Orchards instead.
We immediately ran into Chris Tessaglia-Hymes who was listening to the
male and female Blackburnian warbler
male and female Yellow-rumped warbler
Both pairs of birds were really working on the catkins of the river birch near
our deck. One went briefly to the mixed-seed feeder on the deck but left as
soon as a goldfinch arrived.
We have not seen these before,
Hi Anne Marie,
Way cool to hear this as I, too, saw a Gray-cheeked Thrush in my side
yard this morning (I live very near the intersection of Sapsucker Woods Road
and Hanshaw Road. The bird I saw in the shadowy shrubby back of my yard was
exactly as you described: Gray olive above
Birded Upper Buttermilk and heard my first of year WOOD PEWEE. I've
been looking forward to again hearing its wonderful peew song.
Seems like this bird arrives later than others, and from my experience
also seems to be one of the later ones to depart in the fall. Also,
should mention
I spent about 2.5 hours in the HO. Main orchard itself did not have many birds,
but both ends I encountered some warblers.
Right on strawberry circle, I found two NAHSVILLE WARBLERS feeding on crab
apples. I go a photo of one with its beak open containing a tiny caterpillar.
Later I
Don't remember it having been reported, but a red-headed woodpecker is back at
Mays Point, excavating a cavity towards the west side of the snag stands east
of Mays Point Pool, 20 feet from the road, great viewing angle. Look for a
barkless tree with a 2-foot-high girdle of bark about 20 feet
I just had a new yard bird: Brown Thrasher! Three orioles, a hummingbird, and a
Great-crested Flycatcher have also graced our yard again.
Robyn Bailey
Lansing
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A beautiful Indigo Bunting is gleaning food under our feeders on Burns Rd
in B-dale. Beautiful bird.
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The Brown Thrasher out back now imitates my parrot's alarm call very
nicely. You can imagine how surprised I was to hear Jim suddenly being
angsty right next to me all the way back in the woods.
Caroline
West Hill
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...still at mucklands on Rt 31, near Rt 89 intersection. Initially sitting on
ground but flew up; now perched atop equipment on south side of highway.
Kathy Strickland
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Hi,
There seems to be Willow Ptarmigan in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. It would be
interesting if it could be determined as the same bird as we had seen in NY
last month.
Of the other bird notes at East Hill, a Raven was being constantly attacked by
an American Crow for about five minutes,
From 3:30 to 8:00 I say the lowest number of species that I can remember in
decades. Still early with many regulars not back. That's not good.
But, how can you call a day a bust when you get to see/hear:
Barred Owls calling before you are out of your car at 3:40. I knew that was too
easy
Sorry for the cross-posting - this post might be of interest to either group,
though. If anyone in either group can take the run-on sentences, fragmented
sentences, and mangled syntax, that is. My apologies in advance.
After the Rochester Birding Association's joint field trip with Eaton
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